Box-Office Weekend: Birds of Prey Takes Flight

Despite debuting on top of the box-office weekend, Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn didn’t reach the $45 million that Warner Bros. expected for the film. Instead, the film brought in $33.3 million, which was easily bested the second-place finisher, Bad Boys for Life, by $21.3 million.

Falling out of first place for the first time in four weeks, Bad Boys for Life took in $12 million over the weekend. The film now boasts a total of $166.3 million. Also dropping a spot to third place due to the opening of Birds of Prey was 1917, which added $9 million over the weekend to give the war epic a seven-week total of $132.5 million. Falling to fourth from third was Dolittle, which finished with $6.7 million over the weekend, giving the film a four-week tally of $64 million.

Leap frogging to the fifth spot from sixth last week was Jumanji: The Next Level which made $5.5 million over the weekend and now boasts a nine-week total of $298.5 million. Dropping to sixth place was The Gentlemen, which managed to take in $4.2 million this weekend, giving the film a three-week total of $26.9 million. Finishing in seventh place with $3.5 million in its second week of release was the horror film Gretel & Hansel which appears to be poised to leave the top ten in the very near future.

Making an unexpected return to the top ten was Knives Out, which took in $2.4 million over the weekend and finished in the eighth spot. The strong weekend showing gives the film an eleven-week total of $158.9 million. Ninth place remained steady as Little Women held the spot for the second week in a row with $2.3 million. The film has now brought in $102.7 million during its first seven weeks in release.

Finally, Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker dropped to the final spot in the top ten from seventh last week with $2.2 million. This gives the film an eight-week total of $510.5 million. Leaving the top ten this week were two films: The Turning and The Rhythm Section. After three weeks in release, The Turning managed to gross $14.2 million before dropping from the top ten while The Rhythm Section vacates the top ten in only its second week of release after bringing in $4.9 million during that time.

Several new wide releases next week will again look to shake up the weekend box office, including: The Photograph, Fantasy Island, Downhill, and Sonic the Hedgehog.

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Mike Tyrkus

Editor in Chief at CinemaNerdz.com

An independent filmmaker, co-writer and director of over a dozen short films, the Editor in Chief of CinemaNerdz.com has spent much of the last three decades as a writer and editor specializing in biographical and critical reference sources in literature and the cinema, beginning in February 1991 reviewing films for his college newspaper. He was a member of the Detroit Film Critics Society, as well as the group's webmaster and one-time President for over a decade until the group ceased to exist. His contributions to film criticism can be found in Magill's Cinema Annual, VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever (of which he was the editor for nearly a decade until it too ceased to exist), the International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, and the St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia (on which he collaborated with editor Andrew Sarris). He has also appeared on the television program Critic LEE Speaking alongside Lee Thomas of FOX2 and Adam Graham, of The Detroit News. He currently lives in the Detroit area with his wife and their dogs.

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